Formal notice (mise en demeure) subsequently lifted after sonatel undertook to comply and correct the breaches; cdp issued a general deliberation on telecom-operator direct marketing. CDP, February 2025. month-precision date
non-compliant direct marketing (prospection directe) in the «Folies d'Orange» promotional game
Provisions cited
Loi n°2008-12 du 25 janvier 2008
Outcome
formal notice (mise en demeure) subsequently lifted after SONATEL undertook to comply and correct the breaches; CDP issued a general deliberation on telecom-operator direct marketing
Senegal's CDP had issued a formal notice (mise en demeure) against SONATEL over the direct-marketing practices of its «Folies d'Orange» promotional game. After hearing SONATEL, which explained its technical and organisational constraints and undertook to comply with the direct-marketing rules and correct the breaches identified, the plenary session decided to lift the notice, and in the same movement adopted a general deliberation setting the rules governing commercial prospecting by telecom operators. Documented in the CDP's communiqué on the lifting of the notice.
DIRECT MARKETING · TELECOM · FORMAL NOTICE
Cite this decision
CDP (Senegal), Mise en demeure SONATEL (Jeu «Folies d'Orange»), enforcement notice of February 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/senegal/cdp/2025/sonatel-folies-dorange-direct-marketing-formal-notice/ (accessed 22 July 2026).